What I've been reading: 2008-06-02

• What Does It Mean to Be Human? (Wired)
  A star-studded panel of scientists gathered to discuss those heady themes last night at the World Science Festival in New York City. Here are their answers in convenient nutshell form:
• IEEE Spectrum: Special Report: The Singularity
• IEEE Spectrum: Economics Of The Singularity (Robin Hanson)
  This is part of IEEE Spectrum's SPECIAL REPORT: THE SINGULARITY
• Caring or cruel? Inside the primate laboratory (The Guardian)
  The Guardian, given rare access to an animal research facility, talks to scientists about their experiments on monkeys.